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01.09.2023 - 09:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
More schools could be told they need to close because they are built with concrete that could suddenly collapse, the schools minister has admitted. But Nick Gibb insisted that the Government will pay for the costs of temporary classrooms after official guidance suggested schools will have to cover the emergency measures.
The Department for Education (DfE) has told 104 schools and colleges to partially or fully close buildings just days before pupils return from the summer holidays. But Mr Gibb conceded that more schools could be told to make closures as more information emerges over the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).
"There may be more after that as these questionnaires continue to be surveyed and we continue to do more surveying work," he told GB News. But Mr Gibb insisted that pupils and parents should not be apprehensive about the risk during the wait for the results.
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"No, they shouldn’t worry," he said. "That's a very cautious approach, so parents can be confident that if they've not been contacted by their school it is safe to send children back into school."
He insisted 'we took the decision as soon as the evidence emerged' as ministers faced anger for only telling schools of the closures days before children start the autumn term.
Mr Gibb said 'over the summer' they discovered a number of instances where Raac that had been considered to be low risk 'actually turned out to be unsafe'. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that a 'beam collapsed' that had no external signs it was a 'critical risk'.
The minister said the official guidance was being altered after it triggered additional anger
“I Will Always Love You” is famously associated with Whitney Houston, but it was actually written and performed by Dolly Parton first.
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